Gah! I was not that great at making sure I got these done every week when I was pregnant with Austin. I should have known it would be harder to write updates when I am also chasing around a toddler on top of a full time job. Better late than never though right?

How I’m Feeling

I feel good! But that is relative to how I was feeling for most of June and all of July which was terrible. The worst of my symptoms lately has been heartburn. I have to take Zantac as soon as I wake up and then again around dinner time. Otherwise it burns, oh it burns and it makes me feel nauseous again too.

I probably get up from my desk at work to pee every 20 mins. So that sucks but it’s not a huge deal.

This week in particular (week 17) I have been totally out of breath. Just talking to people at work makes me winded. I also got a little virus. I don’t know what it was but I had a fever on Monday and it was getting a little too close to 101 so I called my doctor. They had me take some tylenol cold and flu and rest. I was actually better by the next day. Phew.

I’ve so been looking forward to these posts! For two months I’ve been dying to tell you guys what’s going on and hated that I couldn’t. Here it goes…

How I am feeling:

I’m finally feeling better! The sickness stuck around almost the whole 14 weeks of my first trimester. It was bad this time you guys. I felt great up until about 6.5 weeks and then boom. One morning I woke up and everything was different. It was so bad, I couldn’t imagine actually going to work and talking to people. Throwing up everyday, usually at least twice. I had a terrible taste in my mouth at all times. I also noticed some serious depression settle in for a few weeks. It’s passed but it makes me nervous about some of my postpartum issues from last time.

On a good note, I am not upset with my weight gain so far. With Austin I gained a whooping 12 lbs during my first trimester. Despite this AMAZING hot dog and cheese fries at a baseball game last week, I still have only gained about 5 lbs. Not too bad. At my last appointment I was only at 2 lbs weight gain and my doctor actually asked me to snack more. Now that my appetite is back I don’t think we are going to have problem with that!